RAY CHARLES Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1952 - 1959 (2005 US 8-disc Boxset comprising 7 digitally remastered CD's encompassing his entire Atlantic back catalogue from 1952-59 with highlights including 'Mess Around', full-lengthversion of 'Doodlin', a wealth of live recordings from 1958 & 1959, 8 tracks from 'Fathead: Ray Charles Presents...', Rehearsal Sessions with Ahmet Ertegun in 1953, Outtakes & Ray's Arrangement Suggestions For 'The Genius Of...' album plus BONUS all region NTSC DVD featuring 9 great performances from 1960' and a Interview With Ahmet Ertegun. Presented in a beautifully packaged 50s-inspired record-player case complete with a linen-bound liner notes book featuring an essay by Ahmet Ertegun [who also co-produced this boxed set], detailed recording session information, discography, rare photos, all the original liner notes for all of his Atlantic LPs including insightful writing by renowned music scribes Nat Hentoff, Bill Randle, Guy Remark, Billy Taylor, Leonard Feather, and more - still sealed in the original stickered shrink)